The city of Edmonton evidently thinks Albertans are so enamoured of tax increases now that the NDP is in charge that it has proposed increasing property taxes 4.9% a year for each of the next three years. * _# v% K/ o! N' L& P / q; x5 V8 r J% v3 M JMayor Don Iveson insists he runs a lean operation, but the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says spending has increased 74% in the past decade. % f/ |0 T; ^, T# A8 a- e: m) y 5 w7 h" z8 a! NYeah so? You saying that’s not lean?